This was five years after the Abu Sayyaf faction led by Andang kidnapped 19 foreigners and two Filipinos from a diving resort on Sipadan Island in Malaysia, and held them in Sulu. Over five months, the hostages were gradually released following the payment of millions of dollars in ransom. The crisis ended in September 2000 in a military raid.
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